Fireplace Hearth Raised Or Floor Level

Trimming a wood floor around a hearth.

Fireplace hearth raised or floor level. A raised fireplace hearth and therefore a raised firebox provides a few benefits over one that is located on the floor. The hearth is flush with the floor of the raised level this being somewhat of a sunken living room. Natural gas propane and even electric fireplaces are often placed anywhere from 1 to 3 feet above floor level. A hearth is a fireplace s brick or stone floor.

Some fireplaces are designed so that the hearth extends out into the room. Better safety for young children and pets with the fire being less easily reachable from the floor. I was so excited when it all fit into place. A sitting height hearth is simply a hearth that extends out into your room and is built up or raised off the floor to a height that is comfortable for people to sit on.

In our previous home the fr was about 28 x 16 with a 14 ceiling height and the raised hearth raised fireplace allowed us a good view of the fire from all parts of the room even while seated. Fireplaces are not always situated flush with the flooring. Transitioning from hardwood to a hearth is tricky whether the hearth is level with the floor or raised. Raised and proud of it.

A raised fireplace hearth is a hearth that is built up from the floor. My wife and i wanted to remodel the dated fireplace in our living room. I used the factory cut edges and corners for the outside edge and left about 1 4 of space at the wall. The first layer of backer board brought the hearth level with the hardwood floors.

A free standing fireplace stove completes the charm of this log cabin. We are putting a gas fireplace into our family room and my first instinct is to have the fireplace hearth level with the floor as we have small children and the corners of a raised stone hearth just add another safety hazard in addition to having the actual fireplace to worry about. Simple but with a very long flue this fireplace proves that a built in fireplace does not necessarily need to be incorporated into a room of this size. The fireplace hearth wasn t exactly square so i custom cut each side.

Our fr now is smaller with a 10 ceiling and we can see the floor level hearth and fire from anyplace in the room. We recently put down hardwood floor around a raised brick hearth.